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Afghan troops have found the body of one of two US Navy sailors who disappeared on Friday, a provincial official tells Xinhua. The official says a dozen insurgents have been arrested and the body will be turned over to American forces today. The Taliban had earlier offered to trade the man's corpse for detained insurgents. The other sailor is believed to still be in Taliban hands; troops searching for him are continuing to sweep Logar province.

"THE IMMEDIATE OBJECT OF FIGHTING IS TO KILL AND GO ON KILLING UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO KILL" FRENCH OFFICER 1914. IF WE CAN NOT OR WILL NOT DO THIS WE SHOULD GET THE HELL OUT OF THE AREA AND LET THE SAVAGES KILL EACH OTHER THEY DO NOT NEED OUR HELP FOR THAT AND AID IF ANY SHOULD BE A FEW GOOD OLD B-52S. GET US OUT NOW!

ChaCHa

Jul 26, 2010 7:24 PM CDT

Terrible thing to happen. My heart goes out to his family... and the families of all the servicemen who have died. I do have a question though, what on earth does the navy do in Afghanistan? It is landlocked and without any kinds of major bodies of water. What does a sailor do there? Anybody know?